With Halloween fast approaching, it’s that time of the year when we sit back, turn off the lights and scare ourselves silly with a good horror movie. Horror’s success as a genre is mirrored in the collecting interest in horror movie posters. As examples, an original poster for “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) sold for $334,500 in 2007 and...

[caption id="attachment_2474651" align="alignright" width="197"] Barbie brand saw a staggering 21 percent decline in sales during the third quarter compared with the same period last year, reports the Washington Post. Does this slump foretell the end of the doll's 55-year run as the prima fashionista?[/caption] With Barbie sales apparently in the “doll-drums,” collectors can’t help but wonder what the...

[caption id="attachment_2493771" align="aligncenter" width="540"] This group of paper table decorations, including a witch, owl, cat ghost and jack-o-lanterns sold for $80.50 at auction. (Photo: Cowan's Auctions, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio)[/caption] The tradition of Halloween is rooted deep in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, dating back almost 2,000 years. In the areas that are now Ireland, the United...

[caption id="attachment_2521278" align="aligncenter" width="550"] The value and availability of sports collectibles and memorabilia related to San Francisco Giants player Travis Ishikawa have taken off after he hit a game-winning home run to win the National League Championship series and propel the Giants into their third World Series in the last five years.[/caption] Well, that didn’t take long. Travis...

[caption id="attachment_2521263" align="alignleft" width="325"] This superb floral centerpiece or epergne made by Ning Zhao Ji, is just one of 88 astounding lots of Chinese Export Silver currently up for bid at an online auction at Chritsie’s through Oct. 28.[/caption] There is no doubt about it: Chinese Export Silver is making more appearances than ever. Yet, what is undoubtedly...

[caption id="attachment_2521240" align="aligncenter" width="550"] As the second season of Bryan Goodman and Jason T. Smith’s TV show “Thrift Hunters” premiers on Saturday night (9:30 p.m. on Spike TV), the two thrifting gurus offer up 10 tips to help boost reseller’s profits.[/caption] We are known as Thrifting With The Boys, motivational speakers teaching thrift store resourcing techniques. Tune in...

[caption id="attachment_2521222" align="aligncenter" width="550"] This museum-quality bear dog skull is just one of the fossil items that will come up for bid at a mid-week sale at Philip Weiss Auction on Wednesday, Oct. 15.[/caption] LYNBROOK, N.Y. – Rare and unusual dinosaur fossils, including a bear dog skull, a huge prehistoric crocodile skull and an articulated Mosasaur paddle are...

[caption id="attachment_2521203" align="alignright" width="299"] Baltimore artist Karl Saar’s contribution to this year’s One Night, One Show, One Cause benefit for the Living with Cancer Resource Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, is a guitar embellished with a fish, perched on a stand of metallic “seaweed” over a cache of 76 metal guitar picks.[/caption] It’s another trifecta...

[caption id="attachment_2521196" align="aligncenter" width="550"] As a comic book collector, we all have dream issues, blue-chip comics, hot back-issues, (call them whatever you’d like) that we’ve been hunting down for years. But have you ever stopped to think, what made that issue you’ve been dreaming about adding to your collection hot?[/caption] If you're a comic book collector like me,...